NDLEA DISMANTLES ABUJA DRUG BUNKS, ARRESTS 132, RECOVERS 220KG ILLICIT SUBSTANCES. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 NDLEA dismantles Abuja drug bunks, arrests 132, recovers 220kg illicit substances  -Marwa hails operation, vows to sustain crackdown in FCT, other states  In a non-stop two-week offensive action against traffickers and dealers, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja where a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of assorted illicit substances recovered. The wel-coordinated raids jointly conducted by the Agency's Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) and the FCT Strategic Command from llth to 25th April 2026 were launched to dismantle illicit drug hubs contributing to substance abuse, trafficking, and associated criminal activities in the capital city after weeks of intelligence and surveillance across all identified hotspots. Areas where notorious drug joints were raided, dismantled and suspects...

COURT JAILS BANK THIEF IN KADUNA. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE


 Court Jails Bank Thief in Kaduna


 


Justice A. Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Nureedeen Siraj to jail for fraud.


 


He was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a one-count charge, bordering on theft to the tune of N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira).


 


The charge reads: "That you, Nureedeen Siraj 'M' sometime in December, 2022 in Kaduna State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly took out of possession of Zenith Bank Plc in the sum of N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) only into your Zenith Bank Plc accounts without the consent of Zenith Bank Plc, thereby committed Theft an offence contrary to Section 270(1) of the Penal Code Law, 2017 of Kaduna State and punishable under Section 271 of the same Law.”


 


He pleaded "guilty" when the charge was read to him, following which prosecution counsel, Y.J Matiyak urged the court to convict and sentence him accordingly, which met no opposition from defence counsel, Fatima Ustaz. 


 


Justice Isiaka sentenced Siraj to two years imprisonment or to pay N300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira) fine. In addition, he restituted the sum of N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira), being the proceeds of crime to his victim.


 


Siraj’s road to the Correctional Centre began with his arrest by the Commission following credible intelligence that exposed him to have used a rogue code to hack into the portal of Zenith Bank and credited his account with  the bank with N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira).

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